Payton is a security guard at Kovoro Mall.
Appearance[]
Payton has light-citron hair with his sides and celeste eyes.
Personality[]
Payton is aggressive in his line of work. His is driven to act first, and ask questions later.
A fully-fledged product of society, Payton lives life by hierarchy rules. When it comes to disputes, he'll always rule in favor of the more powerful individual, regardless of evidence. He appears to assume that with age comes superiority, and is quick to suspect the youth of disrupting the peace. In general, he is accusatory and bigoted, only relenting in his dogged pursuits when suspected troublemakers can prove they're important enough.
Plot[]
Kovoro Mall Arc[]
In his first appearance, Payton stops Levani from using her ability on mall property when John cries out for help. Having encountered the Ability Gauger before, he repeated a past warning about not upsetting customers and forced him to give Levani a refund. Payton was courteous with her, but he turned to John and Seraphina and rudely warned them to stay out of trouble.[1]
Trio Trouble[]
Payton was on-duty a few days later when a loud explosion went off behind him. He turned to see Blyke, Isen, and Remi running out of a cloud of smoke. Believing they had set off a smoke bomb, he took out his walky-talky and sent out a warning regarding the trio. Payton managed to corner Blyke and Isen and had them restrained.
While fellow guard Merin set off to deal with Remi, Payton took the boys to the security room. They insisted they were innocent teens who were trying to apprehend the ones truly responsible for setting off the smoke bomb, but Payton refused to even consider their story. Merin soon entered with a restrained Remi.[2] Once he learned that the three arrestees were students of Wellston, he decided that their story might be worth considering after all. Pretending that he knew all along that the Ability Gauge Vendor was a crook, Payton left to review the security footage. The trio did not appreciate his rude warning to stay out of trouble any more than John and Seraphina did.
He and another security guard saw the footage of the incident and realized that the teens were telling the truth all along. Payton got annoyed when it was mentioned that the crooks might not have escaped if he had just stayed out of the trio's way. Though Payton dropped the ball on this incident, he did notice another figure collecting the prizes that were being given out of the booth. However, this perp managed to avoid all cameras on his way in and out of the mall. With little to show for his efforts, Payton released the trio and told them he would write a report of what happened for the Authorities. [3]
Abilities & Powers[]
Superhuman: Payton is able to boost his power, speed, defense and recovery to superhuman levels. It basically makes Payton faster, stronger, and harder to take down.